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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 13, 2022
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2017
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Christopher A. Thornberg, Newtown, CT (US);
Derek H. Geiger, Wilton, CT (US);
Joseph T. Driscoll, Prospect, CT (US);
Ole Wulff, Ansonia, CT (US);
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, Stratford, CT (US);
Abstract
A rotary-wing aircraft and system for flying a rotary-wing aircraft. The aircraft includes a servo system for actuating a rotor of the aircraft. A hydraulic system provides hydraulic power to the servo system, and a sensor measures a parameter of the hydraulic system. A processor determines a condition of the hydraulic system from the parameter and enforces an effective flight envelop based on the condition of the hydraulic system in order to fly the aircraft within the effective flight envelope.